Arnold sessler



(No Model.)

A. SESSLER. BICYCLE SKIRT.

N0. 555,535. Patented Mar. 3, 1896.

iINTTnn STATES PATENT @rrrcn ARNOLD SESSLER, OF NEIV YORK, N. Y.

BICYCLE-SKIRT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 555,535, dated March 3,1896. Application filed June 21, 1895. Serial No. 653,530. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1,;ARN0LD SESSLER, a citizen of the United States,residing at New York, in the county and State of New York, have inventeda certain new and Improved Bicycle-Garment, of which the following is aspecification.

My improvement relates to a bicycle-garment in which are combined skirtand trousers portions, and the object of the improvement is to socombine these portions that the trousers portions will be substantiallyconcealed both while the wearer is in a standing attitude and in theattitude of a rider on a wheel, and, furthermore, so that the skirtportion will not interfere with the freedom of movement of the wearerand will not contribute to the discomfort of the wearer by wrinkling atthe seat.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, Figure1 is a front view of my improved garment. Fig. 2 is a rear view thereof;and Fig. 3 is a diagrammatic view in the nature of a section takenhorizontally across the garment.

Referring first to Fig. 3, in order to explain generally the arrangementof the fabric,

a is one breadth of the front of the skirt. 0 is the front breadth of atrousers-leg. These two portions are preferably formed in one piece byfolding the breadth a backward along the breadth c and beyond what wouldbe the normal middle of the skirt. The rear breadth of the trousers-legis formed of a piece 6 folded backward on itself and also beyond theline that would be the normal middle of the back of the skirt, as shownby the letter (Z. The breadths c and e are united at f to form the innerseam, and the breadths a and d are united at the point I) to form theouter seam of the skirt and trousers-leg. The other leg of the trousersand the other portion of the skirt are formed similarly to the leg andportion just described, and I have similarly lettered such portions,with the addition of a numeral 2.

It is obvious that the breadths a and 0 need not be in one piece, butmaybe made of two pieces attached together at b, as may the breadths candd, the portions of the skirt and trousers being united at b, asbefore.

Referring now to Figs. 1 and 2, the trouthe diamond form is used.

sersdegs are lettered A and B. The two thicknesses of fabric whichcompose the skirt and trousers are united to a waist-band g, preferablyopen in the front, the trousers portion being separated from the band gfor a short distance adjacent to the opening, as shown in Fig. 1. A flap71-, the outline of which is partly shown in dotted lines, is pro Videdwith hooks for attachment to eyes on the opposite trousers-leg B, whichis shown in Fig. 1 with the skirt portion a thrown back, so as to revealits full outline. The legs of the trousers are united at 2', as shown inFig. 1, and the skirt and trousers are separated at the lower legportion, as shown at j, and the bottom of the leg provided with a buckleor elastic for the purpose of tightening the same about the leg of thewearer. In the rear View, Fig. 2, the skirt portion 61 is partly turnedover to reveal the outline of the trousers, while the skirt portion 61is in its natural position, the two portions (1 and (1 being united fora part of their length at the seam it. In this latter figure I haveshown a web Z extending between the two leg portions and connectedthereto. This web is of advantage where the wearer of a garment ridesthe loop form of bicycle, but is disadvantageous when It serves, whenworn, to aid in the concealment of the outline of the trousers.

As shown in Fig. 3, the breadths of the skirt are folded back, as shownat m, to give a finish to the same, as is likewise the bottom of theskirt. Weights 01 may also be secured in the bottom of the skirt at thepoints where the skirt portions overlap, as well as at other points, inorder to insure the skirt hanging properly when worn. So also, as shownin Fig. 3 in dotted lines, where the garment is desired to be extrawarm, an additional thickness may be added to the skirt portion, asshown in dotted lines at 0, by folding the front breadth of the skirt abackward along itself and around the back breadth d,this, of course, tobe done to both sides of the skirt.

It will be obvious from the foregoing description that the generaldesign of my improved garment is to secure absolute freedom of movementfor the limbs of the wearer, and that this is secured by providing abifurcated garment, covered by a skirt divided back and front at aboutthe line of division of the inner garment, but made of such fullness ofmaterial that the portions of the skirt will overlap and conceal thedivision and the inner garment. Such a garment is designed not only forathletic exercises, but also to be worn as an article of street wear, itbeing obvious that the skirt portion may be tacked together along theback and front divisions, or may even be worn without such tacking, thefullness of material arranged for being suflicient under ordinarycircumstances to conceal the lines of division.

I claim- 1. Acombination-garment,comprising separate front breadths a,0L2 and separate rear breadths (I, (1 whereby a skirt divided front andback is formed, said breadths being sewed together at the sides 1), band folded inward to form sections a, c, 0 0 which sections are sewedtogether at f, f to constitute leg portions within the divided skirt,substantially as described.

2. A coinbination-garment, comprising a skirt portion, leg portionssecured within the same, and a web connecting the inner portions of saidleg portions, substantially as described.

This speciiieation signed and witnessed this 19th day of June, 1895.

ARNOLD SESSLER.

\Vitnesses OSCAR H. CACCIOLA, Aoeusr C. NANZ.

